Developing environmental and social performance: The role of suppliers sustainability and buyer-supplier trust

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2470-2486

  Gualandris, Jury ^a   Kalchschmidt, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

PLS; relational view; resource based view; sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANUFACTURE; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PLS; RELATIONAL VIEWS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84945378143     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1106018     Document Type: Article

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